Primitive Skills

[DaveS]

I have to relay this (now funny) story to all reguarding the primitive skills and traditional muzzleloader meet being held in Oliver Springs, Tennessee at the end of the month.

Well folks, if I was to ever have a "Colonial Blonde Moment" it was today!

As I was putting together some "charclothe and tinder" packs for fellow TGO members in attendance, I decided to test my skills at fire starting with Flint and Steel. Sitting in my garage, I gathered all items I needed to complete this task. I got my tinder and charclothe just right, struck the flint and steel together and "caught a spark" with the first try. I blew and blew and no fire. All I managed to do was blow some glowing charclothe out of my bird's nest of tinder.

The story does not end there. As I was putting together another "birdsnest", I felt a real sharp burning pain in my left ankle. As I looked down (apparently a piece of glowing charclothe had landed on my sock between my ankle and shoe I was wearing) and smoke was coming off my sock. Folks let me tell you.....apparently from previous attempts of this, the smoke detector decides to go off at the same time as I hop over to a bucket of tanning water and stuck my foot in the bucket to put out my now burning ankle ! My wife and daughter come running out to the garage to see why the smoke detector was going off. Here ol'dumba** stood with his foot in a bucket of tanning water....

I cannot repeat what was said to me......

Second degree burn blisters hurt just a might!

What a day!

Ol' Hotfoot...

Edited June 16, 2012 by wd-40

[Timestepper]

Oh, thank GOD I'm not the only one! LMFAO

If it's any consolation, Dave, I just spent the last six hours re-dyeing my bedroll cover/ground cloth with walnut hulls on an old wood stove in the backyard. Everything was going good until I saw, out of the corner of my eye, the stovepipe starting to fall over... yep, just kinda' automatically started to reach for it. Got lucky and caught the damper instead of the whole pipe, so all I burned was my thumb.

And they let guys like us play in the woods unsupervised...

[DaveS]

I only have three words for this...."You Stupid Sum'bi***!!!

enjoy my friends....

Dave

[DaveS]

Time....do you think we are the "best" instructors" for this? I mean like, isn't there some libility involved?

So now what happens when two "old f***s' get together?

Sheeezzzz......

Dave

[Spots]

Damn boys do I need to call the inaurance company for some liability on this event? Lol we all do stupid stuff from time to time. Glad no one was to seriously hurt....yet.

[gjohnsoniv]

Damn boys do I need to call the inaurance company for some liability on this event? Lol we all do stupid stuff from time to time. Glad no one was to seriously hurt....yet.

Wait til there's a bunch of us...

[Timestepper]

Time....do you think we are the "best" instructors" for this? I mean like, isn't there some libility involved?

So now what happens when two "old f***s' get together?

Sheeezzzz......

Dave

Yes, Dubya, I believe we are the perfect instructors for this, if for no other reason than we already know exactly what not to do and how not to do it!

Oh, and we gotta' be P.C. here, so we're no longer old farts - from here on out we will instead officially claim the title of chronologically enhanced bi-labial fricatives.

Edited June 16, 2012 by Timestepper

[zapfbroad]

Keystone survial guides that's funny stuff go find some burn cream ;-)

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[Timestepper]

I only have three words for this...."You Stupid Sum'bi***!!!

enjoy my friends....

Dave

Always knew there was a reason I wear nothing but boots with my jeans on the outside - now I know for sure what it is!

Hell, Dave, it coulda' been worse! (It coulda' been ME!)

[DaveS]

Keystone survial guides that's funny stuff go find some burn cream ;-)

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A little ol'fashion hog fat works ok....I guess....

[DaveS]

Always knew there was a reason I wear nothing but boots with my jeans on the outside - now I know for sure what it is!

Hell, Dave, it coulda' been worse! (It coulda' been ME!)

Thanks for the vote of confidence my friend!

[DaveS]

OK...so my silly daughter puts this on Facebook..... it's NOT authentic....Don't believe it ect....ect...ect....

Ol'Hotfoot

Edited June 16, 2012 by wd-40

[gjohnsoniv]

Did you do it again? It looks bigger than the last time lol.

[DaveS]

Damn friend...not two times in a row!!!!! No same incident!

[Garufa]

You guys aren't going to try making anything with gunpowder are you?

[DaveS]

You guys aren't going to try making anything with gunpowder are you?

Unfortunately...yes......

[Timestepper]

You guys aren't going to try making anything with gunpowder are you?

Yes, but if you're going to be there, we'll wait until you're not looking.

[DaveS]

OK friends...I have decided that WE will all enjoy in this trek...when WE can all stick a foot in POPLAR SPRINGS at Spot's place......

Ho....,..Hum.......

[Guest ochretoe]

Thanks WD, I just spit coffee on my computer. I put what I thought was unlite char back in my tin and bag once. I looked like a period correct mosquito spray man with a white cloud following me. Another shooter had to stop me because the wind was in my face and I didn't see the smoke. Hope you heal well.

[Timestepper]

My best friend and I were doing the living history thing out at Fort Hays State Historic Site (in Kansas) and we'd been doing a lot of shooting, but were getting ready to demonstrate flint & steel fire starting to a group of 3rd graders. I was just about to start explaining when an absolutely adorable little blonde haired, blue eyed girl - kneeling, with index fingers poised to plug her ears - asked, "Is the fire gonna' be loud?"

I was about about to assure her that, "No, hun - the fire won't be loud." When my best friend beat me to the punch and quipped, "Only if he whacks his fingers with his striker again - then it'll be loud and blue!" To make a short story shorter, I cracked up and got to laughing so hard I couldn't even continue and he ended up having to do the demonstration!

[DaveS]

My best friend and I were doing the living history thing out at Fort Hays State Historic Site (in Kansas) and we'd been doing a lot of shooting, but were getting ready to demonstrate flint & steel fire starting to a group of 3rd graders. I was just about to start explaining when an absolutely adorable little blonde haired, blue eyed girl - kneeling, with index fingers poised to plug her ears - asked, "Is the fire gonna' be loud?"

I was about about to assure her that, "No, hun - the fire won't be loud." When my best friend beat me to the punch and quipped, "Only if he whacks his fingers with his striker again - then it'll be loud and blue!" To make a short story shorter, I cracked up and got to laughing so hard I couldn't even continue and he ended up having to do the demonstration!

Only you.....

[DaveS]

Thanks WD, I just spit coffee on my computer. I put what I thought was unlite char back in my tin and bag once. I looked like a period correct mosquito spray man with a white cloud following me. Another shooter had to stop me because the wind was in my face and I didn't see the smoke. Hope you heal well.

That's funny! I hope no damage was done. I now know why us early settlers/mountainmen had such short life spans...we were a HAZARD to our own self!